March General CBB Discussion Thread

[FightOnCT]

I just don’t care about gushing over other teams to this extent. I really don’t care that Florida or Michigan or Duke are exciting, I don’t care to hear about how killer of a player Yaxel and Boozer are because I’ve already heard it. I don’t care to hear these things repeatedly on a thread even for general March topics.

I also understand that the SEC isn’t bad at all, though I am not sold on Florida as a title contender for different reasons despite being great right now.

 

[RuffRuff]

I just don’t care about gushing over other teams to this extent. I really don’t care that Florida or Michigan or Duke are exciting, I don’t care to hear about how killer of a player Yaxel and Boozer are because I’ve already heard it. I don’t care to hear these things repeatedly on a thread even for general March topics.

I also understand that the SEC isn’t bad at all, though I am not sold on Florida as a title contender for different reasons despite being great right now.

Who are you sold on? At some point, the field is the field. You can pick apart what a team doesn't have so much as there are other teams that have more and enough to beat them. Everyone loves saying you "need guards" - so are you picking Arkansas?

 

[FightOnCT]

Arizona would be my non-biased choice, 5/6 seed Arkansas obviously a close second

I will never be sold on a team with one of the worst 3 point percentages in the entire country. An elite front court does not sway me with that.

 

[RuffRuff]

Arizona would be my non-biased choice, 5/6 seed Arkansas obviously a close second

I will never be sold on a team with one of the worst 3 point percentages in the entire country. An elite front court does not sway me with that.

We shall see if the guard thing truly is the way. Game is changing. Teams are stacking dominant FCs and taking away the paint.

When you can stack talent in a way where you can dominate, the paint is where it happens.

 

[RuffRuff]

Again — I never once brought up UConn. You did. What you’ve also failed to address is the fact that you’ve now named at least three different teams as “the team to beat” this season. My point from the very beginning has been that your opinion changes with whatever the flavor of the week is.


It’s fine though — keep thinking you’re accurately assessing the field .


And for the record, I’m a UConn fan, not a homer. There’s no question that there have been teams that have been better and more consistent than UConn this season. I’ve never said otherwise.

And they're the 3 teams to beat.......

I simply like what Duke is bringing defensively * Boozer if they are healthy, by a nose.

 

[HooperScooper]

@RuffRuff, here's an article you will like.

Now, though, in college basketball's NIL era, that "anything can happen" feeling is fading. The shocking upsets are decreasing, and fewer double-digit seeds are surviving, as the talent and financial gulf between power conferences and the rest of Division I widens.

Did NIL kill the upset? Why this year's NCAA tournament could be chalkier than ever

Where did all the Cinderella stories who busted our brackets go? Inside why the madness seems to be vanishing.

www.espn.com

 

[aceboon]

there's been posts on here throughout the season about pursuing him once B. Hurley eventually gets let go

 

[UConnTrumbull]

there's been posts on here throughout the season about pursuing him once B. Hurley eventually gets let go

Wild timing lol

 

[bendm]

there's been posts on here throughout the season about pursuing him once B. Hurley eventually gets let go

Does this mean he’s going wherever the assistant goes?

 

[RuffRuff]

@RuffRuff, here's an article you will like.

Now, though, in college basketball's NIL era, that "anything can happen" feeling is fading. The shocking upsets are decreasing, and fewer double-digit seeds are surviving, as the talent and financial gulf between power conferences and the rest of Division I widens.

Did NIL kill the upset? Why this year's NCAA tournament could be chalkier than ever

Where did all the Cinderella stories who busted our brackets go? Inside why the madness seems to be vanishing.

www.espn.com

Yeah, will read but it's obvious. Once economics kick in and the game professionalizes, without an even landscape of $$, this was going to happen.

Things that will happen across contenders (20-25 teams or so):

• Teams with the highest NIL will build where dominance is most clearly built - front courts, size. As Parcells used to say, there is a limited amount of talented huge men on the planet (plenty of guards out there).
• Top teams will be acquirers vs builders, building with top frosh & top portal
• The 3-4 year player being impact is going to be deprioritized. Top teams will be built primarily with draft potential talent. Of the 60 draft slots, I can see a large % of them being on these teams.

A kid like Nigel James is actually a pretty good get because he'll end up being an awesome college player, but doesn't translate to the NBA. The lightning fast undersized PG type may not be a bad type of player to shove on a roster. A kid like him is such a weapon. Not a ton of them, but great to have.

 

[RuffRuff]

Pretty impressive to get 3 players on this team, along with 6 man of the year. That is a stacked 10. Would a BE player even get onto this list?

 

[bendm]

Pretty impressive to get 3 players on this team, along with 6 man of the year. That is a stacked 10. Would a BE player even get onto this list?

Yes Reed over Krivas and Demary over a Houston G. You say crap like this which is a direct insult to Reed and Demary and then when you get called out you throw your hands up in the air asking what you did wrong and claiming it’s just good covo fodder. It’s tired and transparent is what it is.

 

[RuffRuff]

Yes Reed over Krivas and Demary over a Houston G. You say crap like this which is a direct insult to Reed and Demary and then when you get called out you throw your hands up in the air asking what you did wrong and claiming it’s just good covo fodder. It’s tired and transparent is what it is.

Possibly - let's realize neither of they played against a BE schedule. I posed a question, you answered, well. No need to get worked up.

 

[bendm]

. I posed a question, you answered, well. No need to get worked up.

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